Toilet-seat-tilting device



- K. YOSHINAGA.

TOILET S EAT T ILTING DEVICE.

' I APPLICAUON FILED OCT- 8,1919- I I 1,333,747. Patented M 4 IA/VEMTbg: K12 Z0 Yoshz'n v yoke frame To all whom c't mag CQTLQGTH. (Be it "known" that 1, .IiUZQ a. subj'ectgof theilimperor of Japangresi ding in thefcityiand county of Los'Angelesand State of California, hzwe invented ilfneW v and useful. Ioilet-Seat flilting Deviee, of

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1This'invention'relatesto a devicefori i'ais-' fing and lo ering-laftoilet seat, andfitfsrob j ects ar to provide 1 a simple "and 'eflicient apparatus whereby the toilet :seat may be.

joperated byiclepressing a footlpedal project ingd rom the; s'ide.of the apparatus, theprimarry, ohjectbeingto tilt ,the (toilet seat .to

.open or olosedfposition without using the p Y v fmovementthereof, p p

Tljieisector member 14: is rotated through hands;

r m -the suhjoined :detail Jdesoription.

' Upon the drawingsg hiigure 'l'is a vert cal,andsectlonalView of myimproved .Iieferring .tolthe drawings, the standard tilting device. f Rig. .2 is side elevation: of

5,,h-avin'g kthe: side members. 6 and transverse,

brace 'Z supports-a reciprocatory member "8',

I vA link 16, pi'votally connecteditoyoke 12, is provided on the opposite end with a; roller 17 working between the' members 18 j '40'and 19, of frame 1 5.. When the pedal 10 is Working inthe slots 9,111 side members 6. k p

The member 8 is provided with a pedal 10,

' adapted to be actuated by the'foot; A rod' 11 provided with a yoke 12, slides througlki' the brace 7, and is fixed to member shaft 13, rotatively mounted inmembers 6,

.is provided with a toothed sector 14;,and a depressed, theframe 15is tilted and swings through an arc of'ninety degrees;.tmoving synchronously with the toothed sector'll. The yoke 12 is provided with flanged rollers. 20, working in slots 9', and a spring 2l, interposed between'theyoke 12 and brace 7 serves to retract the pedal -10 to its normal position. When the yoke 12 travels up; wardly, the roller 17 operates in the frame 15, moving to its uppermost position, and

theframe 15 will again be tilted when thepedal 10 is depressed. V

Thesector 14 is in mesh on shaft 23, which is adapted toextend to with aseotor 22,

the hinge knuckles 24, Ma toilet seat cover,

g specinemon r Letters; pate t-1 f ill ij Other. obj eets and ac'lvantage's I 26 extends an wer-39:1 through shaft 3 23.

, Springs" 27, connected "to the extremities of 1 rod 26 and to eye-members ,2 are arranged to cushion the downward movement of the ted Ma r."16,'192(). :bj lication, filed Q cifcqheri 19.1994 Se ial .Ne 3 ,271. l i

toilet seat cover 2%, t e 'sp i iig's'"being under increased'tension when theseat cover 2 9" extrem ty in engagement with the frame standard 5, and the opposite [extremity 32 r in a horizontal position. =A coil springBO," encircl ng a projecting member 31, has one adapted to engage withlthe rod-26 when thel seat cover 29] approaches' its lowermost po sition, thus serving to; eu'shion:the falling" an. arcio'i' ninetyTdegrees, thereby rotating-f the sma]ler*sector member .22 through a until t e position of the Seat hover. I

From the foregoing it may be seen that 5 llhave provided Ta simplefa'nd' eflicient de.

vice fortiltingatoiletlseit eovento' open 'fthe use} of f the or" elosed Illlhat' is claimed is: V

1. The combination with a" standard, of

osition witho rotary elements mounted therein, means for connecting the rotary elements with the: hinge elements of a toilet seat cover, an OS- cillative frame carried by the 1 rotary felethe'standard, a' link connecting thereeipro.- ,v

catory'ij elements and oscillative frame. and. adapted to engage alternately iththeop- V ,posite extremities thereof, apedal to actuate the reciprocatory elements, fromfthe upperments, reciproca-tory elements mounted in most to the lowermostposition, and a spring,

to retract the reciprocatory elements to the; V uppermost position.

4 -2, The combination with allsupporting standard, and a brace extending transversely therein, of a reoiprooatorymember mounted interposed between the brace an'd yokeand serving to maintain the reoiprocatory meme her and pedal in the uppermost position, a

pintle shaft journal'ed in the standard and in the standard, a pedal fixed tofthe recip-y rocatory member, a reciprocatory rod projectmg, from the reoiprocatory member and adapted for fixed engagement with the hingemembers of a toilet' seat cover, a toothed sector fixed to the pintle shaft, a countershaft journaled in the standard, a sector fixed to the eountershaft and in mesh with a the first-named sector, an oscillative frame fixed to the eountershaft and forming an angular cam-Way, a link pivotally connected to the yoke, and a roller carried by the free extremity of the link and traveling in the angular cam-Way and engaging with the extremities of the oscillative frame in the uppermost-Ipositlon of the reclprocatorymember and pedal.

3; The combinatlon with oscillative elements connected'to the hinge members of a toilet seat cover, a standard supporting the oscillative elements, reciproeatm' fl elements working in the standard, a manually op erated pedal fixed to the reciprocatory elements, and a link connectinglthe reciprocatory elements and osclllative elements and engaging in the uppermost position ofthe reciprocatory elements With the uppermost extremity of the oscillative elements.

t. The combination with" a supporting n standard, otrotary and oscillative elements ournaled therein and adapted for operative connection With a toilet seat'cover, a cam- Way frame fixed to the OSCllliLtlYG elements andalternately inclined in the uppe'rmost and lowermost positions of the toilet seat cover, .tfoot-operated reciprocatory elements mounted in the standard, a spring normally maintaining the reciprocatory elements in the uppermost posit on, link elements connected to the reciprocatory elements, and a roller carried by the free extremities of the link elements and engaging With the camway frame. V

i 5. The 'comhlnatlon With a supporting standard, of rotary and oscillative elements journaled therein and; adapted for operative connection'with a toilet seat cover, a camway frame fixed to the oscillative element and alternately inclined in the uppermost and lowermost-positions of the toilet seat cover, spring elements having the eX- tremities thereof connected toth'e stai'idard and to the rotary elements and serving to cushion the movement of the toilet seat cover to the lowermost position, toot-operated reciproeatory elements mounted in the stand ard, andlink elements connecting the reciprocatory elements and rotaiyand oscillative elements. V '7 i 6." The" combination With a supporting standarchof oscillative elements journaled therein, and adapted for operative connec-' tion with a'seateover, a camwayjframe moving syn'cl ironously With the osoillative elements and alternately inclined in the upper most and lowermost positions of the seat" eover and having angular extremities, recip rocatory elements mounted in the standard,

{a pedal fixed to the reoiprocatory elements,

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aiiix my signature, this 24th dayof September, 1919.

KU ZO YOSHINAGA. 

